–verb (t) to place so as to face the east, especially to build (a church) with the chief altar to the east and the chief entrance to the west.

to place in any definite position with reference to the points of the compass or other points: Get out your map, orientate it and examine it carefully for clues as to where you are –Paddy Pallin, 1959.

to adjust with relation to, or bring into due relation to, surroundings, circumstances, facts, etc.: This would have been the first weekend of the school holidays and would have given people a good opportunity to orientate themselves with the new rail network –AAP News, 2000.

Surveying to turn a map or plane table sheet so that the north direction on the map is parallel to the north direction on the ground.

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You might also offer examples for similar combinations such as ‘every one’ (all in a set of discrete items)/’everyone’ (people only).
“I had to check every one of the files for consistency…”
“…so I asked everyone to help.”